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emptywheel:
In Which Ian Miles Cheong Understands Trump's Campaign Better than NYT — The second I saw video of Vice President Harris rolling up to a hangar at Detroit's airport on Air Force Two, then alighting with Tim Walz in front of cheering crowds, I knew it would break Donald Trump's brain.
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris — The soundtrack suggested a Beyoncé concert. The light-up bracelets evoked the Eras Tour. And the exuberant crowd—more than 14,000 strong, lining up in the rain—resembled the early days of Barack Obama. Inside a Philadelphia arena on Aug. 6 …
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The Atlantic, Twitchy, Mediaite and Washington Post
James Powel / USA Today:
Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm — Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris stands as the slight betting favorite over Republican nominee former President Donald Trump to win the White House.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims That the Crowds Seen at Harris Rallies Are Fake — The former president, in a series of social media posts, said that Vice President Kamala Harris had used A.I. technology to create images of fake crowds at her events. — Former President Donald J. Trump has taken …
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New Jersey Online, CNN, NBC News, The Good in Us, Diane Ravitch's blog, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris' soaring start
The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris' soaring start
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Raw Story, El País and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
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The Guardian
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy
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Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, NOTUS and RedState
Joseph Konig / Spectrum News NY1:
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI
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OutsideTheBeltway, The Mahablog, HuffPost, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Techmeme »
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos
Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos
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USA Today, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ComingSoon.net, Business Insider and CNBC
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Harris is beating Trump by transcending him
Harris is beating Trump by transcending him
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America, America
Robyn Vinter / The Guardian:
Far-right rallies abandoned amid warnings of 10-year sentences — Anti-racism marches attract large crowds as foreign secretary says rioters forgot ‘what it means to be English’ — Planned far-right rallies did not materialise over the weekend, amid a large turnout of anti-racist protesters …
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The most expensive political ad of all time — In 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, one of the world's largest social networks, for $44 billion. From a financial perspective, it has not worked out well. Over the last two years, the value of Twitter — which Musk renamed X — has plunged.
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Washington Examiner, Semafor, Twitchy and The Hill
Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
White House launches broad new regulatory effort, as Harris prepares to unveil economic plan … The Biden Administration on Monday unveiled a new, multi-agency regulatory initiative to target corporate practices that officials claim are designed to waste consumers' time and needlessly burden …
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HuffPost, Associated Press, ABC News, Plain Dealer, Bloomberg, Quartz, CBS News and Washington Examiner
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Poll: Democratic attacks on JD Vance are working — The Scoop — New polling shared exclusively with Semafor shows Democrats' attacks on JD Vance's views on abortion, divorce and “childless cat ladies” are sticking with voters. — A pair of surveys by Blueprint, the centrist Democratic pollster backed …
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Blueprint
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Early numbers show violent crime dropping sharply … - It also gives Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor in San Francisco and California attorney general, a potent defense against attacks from the right on crime. … - 54 of the 69 major cities in the report saw drops in violent crime …
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Washington Examiner, Boing Boing, Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America's largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands …
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Quartz
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging ‘political persecution’ — Trump attorney says ‘unconstitutional’ raid should never have been approved by Garland, Wray — Join Fox News for access to this content — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump is set to sue …
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Quartz, Mediaite, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Na Eng / The Hill:
Walz's candidacy is making kindness great again — When Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, my heart burst with pride for my home state. As a daughter of Minnesota, it has been thrilling to watch how quickly the country has gone wild for Walz.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House Freedom Caucus sets its terms for September spending fight — The House Freedom Caucus is ramping up pressure on GOP leaders to back a short-term funding bill into early 2025 — seeking to punt major spending decisions into a potential Trump administration.
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Can a Minnesota teacher win Pennsylvania? — ‘MAINSTREAM AMERICAN VALUES’ — Can Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both rally the Democratic Party's base and win over persuadable conservative and independent voters in battleground states? — Weekly Education caught up with Arthur Steinberg …
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Washington Examiner
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Effort to Crack Down on Everyday Headaches and Hassles That Waste Americans' Time and Money — New actions will take on corporate tricks and scams like excessive paperwork, long wait times, and more that pad the profits of big business …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Trump shooting task force demands documents from top Biden officials in probe kickoff — The House of Representatives is kicking off its formal probe into the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Monday. — The bipartisan Trump shooting task force sent a pair of letters announcing …
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Politico, The Hill and Punchbowl News
Financial Times:
Delays hit 40% of Biden's major IRA manufacturing projects — FT research shows that $84bn of initiatives announced in first year of the IRA and Chips Act have experienced slowdowns — Some 40 per cent of the biggest US manufacturing investments announced in the first year …
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Washington Post
The Hill:
Amicable Walz learned hardball politics in the House — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions — descriptions off, selected
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0 — They're taking a page out of Karl Rove's shameful playbook. … Donald Trump is down so bad that his campaign is bringing back Republican dirty tricks from 20 years ago. — Kamala Harris is packing arenas and rising in the polls …